A Train the Trainer Course (FETAC Level 6) hosted by Cultivate Living and Learning in association with NICER Training. Funding may be available for job seekers for FETAC accredited courses. Please enquire with your local FAS office, Department of Social Protection or LEADER company.
1st Weekend: 13-14 June, 2nd Weekend: 27-28 June 2014 | WeCreate Workspace, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland | Cost: €500 (Secure place with €75 deposit) | Contact Us
Using an active learning approach along with innovative techniques, materials, exercises, tools and templates, this FETAC Level 6 Train the Trainer course is for anyone considering a new career path in training, or for established trainers and facilitators wanting to build their capacity to work in more experiential and interactive ways – techniques such as Open Space and World Café.
The course will increase the trainer’s confidence when designing or delivering courses and impart skills and knowledge required to evaluate training. A participative active learning approach is highlighted in order to achieve real engagement, better cooperation and sustainable results together.
Who should take this course?
The course is for practitioners who want to design and deliver meaningful training for organisations, communities and specific groups of learners. Cloughjordan Ecovillage offers a particularly exciting environment for people who want to develop integrated, whole system and collaborative approaches. The course will be particularly suitable for trainers, facilitators and coaches wishing to enhance their own practice of inviting, designing, opening and holding inspired training.
Certification
This course leads to the FETAC Level 6 minor award Train the Trainer (E30179). Certification is provided by Cultivate’s training partner NICER Training, a registered QQI/FETAC training provider.
Unique Setting
Cloughjordan is home to Ireland’s first Ecovillage, winner of Ireland’s national Green Community award and also the UN backed International Award for Liveable Communities. The Ecovillage includes over 50 high energy performance houses on a 67-acre estate. The neighbourhood includes community woodlands, renewable energy production, a wood-fired bakery, research gardens and the Cloughjordan Community Farm.
The course will be held in the brand new WeCreate Workspace, which along with meeting rooms, classrooms and a co-working space, features a digital fabrication laboratory. This setting provides participants with an opportunity to see many key sustainable systems in working practice.
Learning Outcomes
- On completing this course learners will be able to:
- compare and contrast different concepts of training and education
- demonstrate an understanding of group dynamics
- explain key principles and methodologies which underpin adult learning
- understand different learning styles
- evaluate different approaches to training
- effectively use new methodologies and pedagogies
- work effectively with a range of learner groups
- design, deliver and evaluate training programmes
